Should students get paid for good grades?

Rochelle (China)

I think praise your kids for good academic performance but don't pay them. Possibly the gifts will improve your kids' grades, but you have to know your gift will sap your child's learning interests. When your reward ends, kids may study less and fall behind his classmates.

Chinese pupils read their textbooks in a class on the first day of their new semester at the Zhoudong Primary School in Bozhou city, east China's Anhui province, on Sept 1, 2011.[Photo/IC]